Math Project Supplies

Math Project Supplies

Master Supply List for Levels 3-7 🧰

• General Classroom Supplies: Whiteboard or chalkboard, markers or chalk, student worksheets (from your provided workbook), dry-erase boards with markers, and a simple calculator.

• Measurement Tools: A single stopwatch or a phone with a stopwatch function, rulers, tape measures, a small digital scale, a large digital scale, a spring scale, a kitchen scale, and a large measuring cup with both metric and imperial markings.

• Containers & Pourables: A large pitcher of water, a few empty containers, a bucket or container with a small hole in the bottom, a cylindrical object (like an empty soda can or coffee can), two different-sized funnels, and sand or water.

• Physical Manipulatives: Play money (bills and coins), Rainbow Fraction®/Decimal Tiles, Two-Color Counters, colored blocks or linking cubes, a balance scale, two different-colored beads or small objects, a bag of uniform small items (e.g., M&Ms, screws, or bolts), and a small wooden block or box.

• Craft & Materials: A large piece of paper or cardboard, a roll of blue painter's tape, a 100-square-inch piece of paper or cardstock (e.g., 10" x 10"), scissors, and a marker.

• Other: Graph paper.

Supply List by Level

Level 3: The Contractor's Toolkit 👷

• Money and Subtraction: A classroom set of play money (bills and coins).

• Fractions and Decimals: A classroom set of Rainbow Fraction®/Decimal Tiles.

• Positive and Negative Numbers: A classroom set of Two-Color Counters.

• Measurement: A classroom set of simple, retractable tape measures with customary and metric markings, and a large piece of paper or cardboard for each student.

• Time: A single stopwatch or a phone with a stopwatch function.

Level 4: The Kitchen & Factory Supplies 🏭

• Fractions, Ratios, and Proportions: Measuring cups and spoons, a few empty containers, a ruler or tape measure, and a roll of blue painter's tape.

• Averages, Percentages, and Rates: Toy money (bills and coins), colored blocks or linking cubes, and a balance scale.

• Rates Activity: A bucket or container with a small hole in the bottom and a measuring cup.

Level 5: The Construction Manager's Toolkit 🏗️

• Scale Drawings: Rulers, tape measures, and graph paper.

• Area and Volume: A cylindrical object (like an empty soda can or a small coffee can), a rectangular prism object (like an empty box or a small building block), scissors, and cardboard.

• Series of Proportions and Mean from Subgroup Averages: Colored blocks or linking cubes, and play money or counters.

• Percentage of a Percentage: A 100-square-inch piece of paper or cardstock (e.g., 10" x 10"), scissors, and a marker.

Level 6: The Plant Manager's Toolkit 🏭

• "Packaging Machines": Two different-sized funnels, two containers with a spout, and sand or water.

• "Quality Control": A small digital scale, and a large bag of an item with varying weights (e.g., screws, bolts, or M&Ms).

• "Logistics": A spring scale, and a wooden block or small box.

• "Conversions": A large pitcher of water, a large measuring cup, and a stopwatch.

Level 7: The Structural Engineer's Toolkit 🏗️

• "Foundation and Materials": A large pitcher of water, a measuring cup with both metric (milliliters) and imperial (cups/ounces) markings, and a stopwatch.

• "The Support Beam": A simple kitchen scale, a small wooden block or object, and a ruler.

• "Advanced Ratios and Proportions": A bag of two different-colored beads or small objects, and a container.

• "The Foundation Cost": A cylindrical can and a ruler.